Stocking-supporter.



-PATENTBD JULY 12, 1904 G. BBELBR.

STOCKING SUPPURTER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 12. 1904.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

PATENT GIFFICE,

GERTRUDE BEELER, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

STOCKlNG-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 764,790, dated July 12, 1904.

Application filed March 12, 1904.

ments in Stocking-Supporters, of which the.

following is a specification.

My invention pertains to stocking-supporters; and it has for its object to provide a stocking-supporter embodying such a construction that perfect freedom is afforded the knee, and when the wearer is sitting or reclining the supporter is relaxed without, however,loosening the stocking, while when the wearer is standing upright all strain is removed from the part of the supporter connected to the stocking, andhence there is no liability of the stocking being torn or otherwise injured.

Vith the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,-in which Figure 1 is a view illustrating my novel stocking-supporter inoperation and as it appears when the wearer is standing upright or walking. Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the supporter as it appears when the wearer is sitting; and Fig. 3 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, illustrating the means which I prefer to employ for connecting the several lower strips of the supporter to the upper strip thereof.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which- A is a stocking, and B my novel stockingsupporter as a whole.

In the present and preferred embodiment of my invention the supporter B comprises an upper strip a, preferably. of non-elastic material, a short strip 6, preferably of elastic material, connected to the strip a by a clasp 0, adjustable thereon, or by other suitable means and provided at its lower end with means, preferably a button (Z and a comple- Inentary keeper 6, for connecting it to the stocking, comparatively long strips f, preferably of elastic material, connected to the strip a through the medium of the clasp c or Serial No. 197,798. (No model.)

other means and having complementary buckle members 9 /t at their lower ends, and. a cross-strip preferably of elastic material, connected to the strips f by buckles j, adjustable lengthwise of the latter. The said crossstrip 2'- has for its function to hold the upper portions of the strips f at the proper distance apart, and in virtue of the buckles it will be observedthat it may be readily adjusted up or down, as desired. It is preferable that the cross-strip t' be elastic in order to enable it to conform to and give to the movements of the leg.

The, strip Z) is preferably formed in sections, which are adjustably connected through .the medium of a buckle 7c or other suitable means, this in order that the said strip may be ad justed as to length to best suit the wearer. For the same reason the comparatively long strips f are preferably provided with slidebuckles Z, as illustrated. When the strip Z) is formed in sections, as illustrated, the crossstrip 2' is preferably passed between the thick' nesses of the lower section, as illustrated.

The strip a of the stocking-supporter is preferably connected at its upper end to a corset or similar article of apparel for the purpose of enabling the supporter to assist in holding the said article of apparel down in its proper position. In this connection, however, I desire it distinctly understood that the supporter may be connected through the medium of the strip a to any part of the apparel calculated to hold the supporter up without involving a departure from the scope of my invention.

In applying my novel supporter the strip 5 is connected with the upper portion of the stocking and the comparatively long strips f are carried back of the knee, where they are crossed in the recess, as indicated by m, after which they are brought forward and connected in front of the leg at a point slightly below the knee through the medium of the buckle members 9 and it. With the supporter thus applied perfect freedom is afforded the knee of the wearer in walking, and the strips f remove or take off all strain from the strip 6, and hence there is no liability of the button d and keeper tearing a hole in or otherwise injuring the stocking. This will be readily appreciated by reference to Fig. 1. ence to Fig. 2- it will be seen that when the wearer is sitting or reclining the strips f are relaxed or perfectly loose, while the strip 6 serves to hold the stocking in place and against downward movement.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that notwithstanding the practical advantages ascribed to my novel supporter the same is simple and inexpensive in construction and is adapted to be applied and removed quite as readily as the ordinary supporters extant.

I prefer to connect my novel supporter to a corset or other apparel article through the medium of a strip, such as a; but I do not desire to be understood as confining myself to the same, as the supporter may be connected by any other suitable means without affecting my invention. Neither do I desire to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement of parts herein shown and described, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. A stocking-supporter adapted to be connected to and suspended from an article of apparel, and comprising a strip having means for engaging and holding a stocking, and strips connected with and diverging from the first mentioned strip; the last mentioned strips being sufiiciently long to be crossed back of the knee; and being provided with means whereby they may be connected in front of the leg.

2. A stocking-supporter adapted to be connected to and suspended from an article of apparel, and comprising an elastic strip having means for engaging and holding a stocking, and elastic stripsaconnected with and diverging from the first-mentioned strip; the lastmentioned strips being sufiiciently long to be crossed back of the knee; and being provided with means whereby they may be connected in front of the leg.

3. A stocking-supporter adapted to be connected to and suspended from an article of apparel, and comprising a strip having means for engaging and holding a stocking, strips connected with and diverging from the firstmentioned strip; the last-mentioned strips being sufliciently long to receive the leg below the knee and to be crossed in the recess back By refernected to and suspendedfrom an article of apparel, and comprising a strip having means for engaging and holding a stocking, strips connected with and diverging from the firstmentioned strip; the last-mentioned strips being sufiiciently long to receive the leg below the knee and to be crossed in the recess back of the knee and being provided with means whereby they may be detachably connected in front of the leg, a cross-strip, and means connecting the cross-strip and the long strips and adjustable on the latter.

5. A stocking supporter comprising an elastic strip having means for engaging and holding a stocking, comparatively long elastic strips connected with and diverging from the first-mentioned strip; the last-mentioned strips being of sufiicient length to be crossed back of the knee; and being provided with means whereby they may be connected in front of the leg, and a cross-strip of elastic material connected to the long elastic strips in an adjustable manner whereby it may be moved up and down.

6. A stocking-supporter comprising an upper non-elastic strip, a short elastic strip provided with means for engaging and holdinga stocking, elastic strips diverging from the short elastic strip; the last-mentioned strips being sufiiciently long to be crossed back of the knee, and being provided with means whereby they may be connected in front of the leg, a common means adjustably connecting the short and long elastic strips to the non-elastic strip, and a cross-strip of elastic material adjustably connected to the long elastic strips whereby it may be adjusted up and down on the latter.

7. A stocking-supporter adapted to be connected to and suspended from an article of apparel, and comprising a strip having means for engaging and holding a stocking, and a loop which receives the leg below the knee; the arms of the said loop being crossed in the recess back of the knee, and being carried up-.

wardly in front of the leg and connected with the strip.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GERTRUDE BEELER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WARBURTON, CLAUDIA FULLiLovE. 

